My friend you are right about winning which is the goal at the end of the day and I won't debate that the Trojans got it done. Apparently West Virginia wasn't prepared for Pruitt and Johnson and their physicality. It is however really indicative of why we have struggled recently on the YNTs. Without consistently buying into a style of play that utilizes skillful players how do we expect to miraculously start playing that way. I firmly believe that you can win it all and play nice soccer. How is it that your daughter's club team plays better soccer than $C? Long Beach St. (coached by Mauricio and Jeff) play an aesthetically pleasing style of soccer and if I remember correctly they beat $C too! If $C's plan is to continue with what they are doing I am all for it. If your answer is that $C played great soccer many times this season I have to ask how many times? Sure looked like direct play all season to me. I can't remember them advancing the ball through the midfield all season. It was kick it down the wing and whip it in. Very US soccer style if you ask me. Maybe they played nice soccer against the scrubs on their schedule but when did they play possession (meaningless or otherwise) against a real team?
Regarding Fleming all that I saw was Freeman fouling her and I have a nice video clip of Fleming clowning Freeman and another of her clowning Prisock. Not to mention that Bronze medal that she has is one more than Freeman will ever get. I know that you think that Freeman is the best and I won't debate it but we will see how the NWSL and the national team coaches feel about that. All I saw her do was kick the ball upfield as hard as she could with little thought of possession. Either she was instructed to do that or it was her default setting and it was more of the same against West Virginia and Georgetown. You know what they say, "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck..." Not to mention with all of that ass kicking that she allegedly did the score still read 1-0 UCLA.
I have to think that the style is going to change there with your player having a more prominent role and the arrival of DeMelo and Jones but why would it if they won a national championship with direct play? You can't have it both ways sir. Either the team is committed to a style of play or they aren't. I think that $C is committed to a style of play. Guess what style that is.....
Good luck to your player. She is not a direct player. Let's hope she isn't forced to become one in order to "fit in" to her teams style of play.